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Reading Champs Common Sense Mini-lesson # 042
Title: Predicting and Questioning (Reading Comprehension)
CSML-042
Price (USD): $4.95

Predicting and Questioning
Reading Comprehension

    A reading champion becomes personally involved with what is to be read before actually beginning reading. Making predictions and asking questions are keys to both reading rate and comprehension. The goal is to get an idea of the whole work, develop an interest in the topic, and determine prior knowledge about the subject. Instructors should model how to predict or consider what will happen next, in view of background events, characters involved, and the situation.

     Questions offer a road map of what to look for. Good readers continually ask questions and make predictions based on what is already known or what has already been read. They then read to find out if they are correct. Questions stimulate thinking because they force the reader to make use of prior knowledge and read between the lines--often what is not said can be as important as what is stated.

CSML-042 / 090620